The latest exceptional offering from David Alan Harvey’s BURN Magazine.
Julia Komissaroff – Kitab al-Balad
“I call it “Kitab al-Balad” – the Book of the City. 11 years I’ve been circling in the narrow streets of Jerusalem’s Old City. This is a transformation of the City and me, the story how we became the one. Some time ago conflict and politics where important to me, now I just enjoy good tea with menta leaves, looking at old men and children. Doing what I do the best – my photography.”
See the essay on BURN.
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BURN Magazine is featuring a project by Spanish photojournalist Sebastian Liste about an abandoned chocolate factory in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, where sixty families live in poverty. Previously these families lived in the dangerous streets of the city until they decided to come together and occupy the factory. You can see the essay on BURN Magazine. [...]
Cary Conover’s experimental DSLR-created movie of animated still photographs is a byproduct of his work with time lapse photography. Using an EOS 10D and a 4×5 Super Graphic to rephotograph his black and white photographs, the first thematically related group of pictures he reached for were these images of people living on the streets of [...]
New York based photographer Anna Barry-Jester’s photography about a balloon factory in Argentina that turned worker run cooperative after the economic crisis in 2001. It’s one factory in a larger movement that includes hundreds of companies/organizations. See her images on www.annabarryjester.com.
Connecticut based photographer Andrew Sullivan has a wonderful essay about how Harlem’s Jazz legacy is being preserved in the face of redevelopment. Sullivan was named a finalist for the Magnum Cultural Foundation’s inaugural David Alan Harvey Fund for Emerging Photographers in January 2008 for his Harlem Jazz story. View Sullivan’s Harlem Jazz at www.andrew-sullivan.com. (THE [...]
“In the middle of the bustling Philippine city of Manila, home to almost 11 million people, lies the North Cemetery. Founded in 1904, it is the final resting place for several Filipino Presidents, celebrities, and hundreds of thousands of the city’s Catholic dead. However, since the 1960’s a new, living population has grown. In this [...]
Igor Posner’schapter fragments from a book project about St. Petersburg (2006-2009) – “Notes from Underground” (working title). View the slideshow on BURN MAGAZINE.
From BURN Magazine “The story is basically a glimpse into the outer expressions of the inner being of a woman who I met at a monastery in Manali during the summer. She was just an ordinary person I bumped into while on one of my wanderings in the sleepy town…” View Dhiraj Singh’s Multimedia Essay.
USA. Brooklyn, NY. 2006. Photographer David Alan HARVEY at home. (credit: Luis Montolio) Photojournalist David Alan Harvey, a frequent contributor to National Geographic magazine and member of the Magnum Photo Agency, has become Magnum’s “Minister of Education.” David has developed a reputation as a mentor for young photographers. He has led photo seminars for years, [...]
Essay about orphan boys and mentally retarded teenagers at a boarding school for disabled children who try to make their independent living. See the Markov’s essay on BURN Magazine here.
Rodrigo Cruz – The Promised Land Every year, thousands of Central Americans from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras illegally enter Mexico via the southern border with the goal of reaching the United States in search of a better life. The journey is long and full of dangers, traveling for days as they cross the country [...]
